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Printed for Rodwell and Martin, Bond-street; and Henry Colburn, Conduit-street. ci 7.*s 6d ott tad v o 4., 01111. AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNISG, OW, MI) March, the First Drtiti Blank wit Alt 'p p , receive.FOUß .PIPES OF PORT. t : a- RE PRIZES of THIRTY THOUSAND POUNDS, th e other Capitals of 50001., 10001., &c. yet in .131S11, the Cont rac t or , sincerely thanks the f, rr • P ablic for th e i r U nprece d e n te d' Patreinage already con titr tr efl , t his Lottery. The fi rst-drawn Blank, No. 696 . 3, en ter; t i) Pour Pipes of Port, was shar e d by hi m , i n 2 Quar the ',_,2,Eightlis, and 4 Sixt e enth s , w h o res p ect f u lly i ntreats th e H o lders immediately to Order from any Wine Merchant I'o4 Pleas e, their respective proportions of the 4 P ipes of the ch o i cest quality in the kingdom, which - T. BI S H , t„ tin l" . .Y for on demand; who has also the pl ea s u r e to an- Pri.,,, ce ,,t h at he s o ld an d s h are d no less t ha n 12 of the Capital urawn already this Lottery, being No. 3,107. a Priz e of 1 00611'r Of the lar ges t P r i zes ye t d rawn , an d 11 others of t t: is l il i si :d i it: n t r t eemat !n d b . as been ve r y great throughout the Country, his Friends to be early in their application ts:„ .4 t , a variety o f Ti ckets and Shares remain at his Offices, Co rtibill, and 9, Charing-Cross, London. IBISII s !a3t Lottery, containing Three Prizes of 30,09,01, 4, f3Q, 00 ';' 1 theme p Arll; and hopes to sell all the Three Prizes ia thesent Lottery. 'ALIT TO CAPITALISTS. rv.... • —ABLE FREEHOLD ESTATE IN SCOTLAND FOR SALE. leg ESTATE of TULLOES, in the County tti,,d" l? " , far, e x t en di ng t o about 1,100 Acres of excellent , 'lnd now let at about Mil. per Annum. The various lioWever ' expire in a few years, when a great rise of obtained It is.situated three moles from the - t% %,t,P(.llictioci to he made to M. Pearson, Writer to the Vt t , d•;b111 t h •or to Mr. Low, at Gordon Bank, by :Vi lire. EXTRA COMFORT. 1 .-VGERS's IMPROVED FLANNELS—The v ety great d eman d f or th ese Fl anne l s, f rom t h e i r pe this4p 4 "ftut'ss, and not shrinking in washing, has induced B ths dieinee to increase his Hanufact ore of 8-4ths, 4-4ths, us e t,fwide. They are particularly recommended for the ire ladies' Undercoats, and Gentlemen's Wa stcoats, he- Ai*N: t ': l ol more agreeable in the wear-than any other Flan sti-,;;li:iud warranted not to shrink by the common mode of tai,;, 3 i. T. be had of the principal Drapers in Great Bri .kers:llreland, and wholesale of the Patentee, John S. Ro ktvg ;tester; or his Agents, Alessrs. Donaldson, Slee, and No, 46, Friday —street, London. libi:rarAllourancg on Orders for Exportation. INDIA HEMP CARPETING. Public Rre restlectfuilv informed, that tt this v r NEW ARTICLE of FOREIriN and DOMESTIC kr;„,;' ,1 .111 . 1 ( '- E. is now brought . .to . a cl:egree of perfection far ked due i s pectation. Its superiority in economy, neatness, • 41 1 d 41 ''litY, appears t•I be fully established by experience teNsr;)l)firmed by •gene ••1 favour. A variety of New Pat t4oti, recently 1)&4; sought out, arid the manufacture t o he sold, invfitious widths, fur Rooms, Stairs, &c. .‘ l4 ll 1-I: ARD mitt TUtiNEY, it their Carpet and Floor- It ' • .W , ar ehouse, Na. 15 - , Change-alley, Corn, , oill, London. _ 4144 ' 4O to be. had at mast et the re4pectable Upholstery I rPet W. rehouses throughout the Kingdom. A C HILBLAINS CUREE, FOR rs. CERATE.; Prevents and•Ctires t'l-4i*those trophltsoine and painful visitants CHIL ‘ he. Itch wheth er in a brAeli or unbroken state ; reoves c f i l , , e r 7 i iir t ,r e, :sit . tl hilllimitation on the fi rst application m , and -*- o ut ►, items iu a much shorter time than can be cre "-.otind ""?erience. !ta s U lcerated Legs, Burns, Scalds, Bruises, and Ul t;treTual e ri'den o miziatiOn, and of however long standing, car e d Int this Cerate. t (Copy of a Letter.) • Birmingham, June 18, 1504. tr ;ra.,,P;ticitien,--A very singular and itophrtatit Cure per uY Marshall's Universal Cerate demands publicity: a 1 . .“ ) ' 1, Esq.. had a me.tt of the name of Harris working, itt t . ' 4 d be er , fr i • d f ff t ••• v'th a most shocking put t . or , tll )L4l reand bad l e , insomueit ai to be.almost in a,state of 44 4 - "f, e ""n ; O had been in the London Ho s pitals, to m and . t e inder.-Strrgeovis of this place, for seven years lk , t ;; eight boxes - of 'larshalEs liniversal.Cerate, he perei:'r i s of me, compl e t e l y cure d hi m. I shall t hi n k t h e Pro this ca . Prom o ti ng th e cause of humanity, by publishing d every opportun s iiy of waking it known-will be Youi / obedient humble servant ; " E. PEIRCY, Bookseller. et 1, ' ,IT"."r"t, Birrni ngliarn." k` ' 41.'8 whol esale and retail by Mrs. Marshall's Agent, E 1 , 66, ... ite on th Footay, S per Church-yard, Lon. • 1 . "..,. islttl.e and es. pd. box. TO TIMNI AS. TAYLOR., V;(4- 11 () .,___ 9, New Bridge-street, London( 3 l eave tc: inform you, that ever since the 14 ,itt e ll . 17 90, I h a d b een alllieted with the Lilts Venera.; obstinately resisting every . course of medicine ") the most eminent of the faculty here, and ip s l . - I,2rgte,..st,rralstivere courses of salivation, and twice di dic,:ltem the Hospital with little relief, would appear to 4'?'nst iiiv(•terate nature. In the sprint; of last year (~,1.'13,,,.ki5"-4r ga to such a head,.as mart) glut a period ~~1 nil‘,.(Niec--1 had a large ulcer Oil the croo.i . iof my head, tt., 1 1t.r." - ' - h arm, and my legs were broke out l a , frightful Ili 4, 111 Y rh.4l.t was dreadfully painful, and hat feed a leeration for the last seven years; my left had also . ''-ler r "'Nies on it, was very much discoloured, and gave particularly when warm in bed, tl • laincttable state, I .epriy e me of rest ; in . . I.4otr"nuided byThompson., (wbo receive( so . 11 '1. 4 4 ; lo r " theni here), t take your Leake s Patent l'ills, t hLin to do on the 26tli of May; in the course of a a ,t'gan to receive benefit -in itt e more L 'ieers on my head and arms w'erc soundly healed °44, 1 44 ! sores my legs healed also; leaving, how uft6ltableiliscolnuration in the skin, and pain in . the !ttol l ' i ller s ' e 'fl, which, by the blcSEing of Gail, an.l a little et c , t 4.‘erance in your invaluable Medicine, salon led ; s;tislugth skin re ,,- ;."-"Ig its natural bac., and li~'as gradually go'ing off.--I thus . lieca.,...e, by it l ~ h "' a"l 411 viee and medicine, perfectly free ft my t!,`thlb, 41'6,as—have recovcred my former spirits ki t 'Nit: l ' l l au' become jolly and fat, in which slot: having 4 dit i a , ) montl.s, to the astonishment of all who knew: ki s N I . f a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, I.; • tit• t iie good of othcr.suiCering inowtals, to 41111;sC .11) sp ;AS ptibile, as possible, as shall on c.rery '" l ng you will greatly oblige, ' )."1"r grateful; obedient, very !Olin ble ser , T , ut . , . 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How sweet to thee is the thoughts of To-morrow, When hope's fairy pictuies bright colours display, How-sweet when we can from futurity borrow A balm for the grief that afflicts 'us to-day. When travelling alone, quite forlorn, as befriended, Sweet the hope that To-morrow my wanderings will cease,. That at home, then with care. syinpathetic attended, I shall rest unmolested, and slumber in peace. • Or when from the friends of my heart long divided, The fond expectation, with joy how replete, That from far distant regions, by Providence guided, To-morrow will see us most happily meet; When six days of labour each other succeeding, Willett with hUrry and toil how my spirits opprest, What pleasure to think as the last is receding, To-morrow will be a sweet Sabbath of rest. And whem-the vain shadows of life are retiring, When life is fast fleeting, and death is in sight, The Christian believing, exulting, expiring, Beholds a To-morrow of endless delight. But the Infidel then surely sees 'no To-thorrow, Yet he knows that his moments are hosting away; Poor wretch can he feel without-heart-reading sorrovii, That his joy and his life must expire withio,day. RICHARD TURNER. Blacking Miinnfactory, 114, London-road, Sontla:Ork. . . NVednesday came on the trial of the. Rev. Josepls Robertson, Minister of the Gospel, 'Leith Wy rttl Edinburgh, and William Pearson, spirit dealer, in the: Canon; ate, accused of Jalsehood, fraud, and forgery, and also of celebrating, clan destinely and irregularly, marriage, contr:lry to the Act of the first Parliament' of Charles 11. 1661, chap 3,4. The first witness called was Alexander 'Ross, SessiOn-Clerk of North Leith ; he knows Mr. Robertion, who once Applied to him for a certi ficate of marriage. Being shewn the certificate of marriage between Moonay, a soldier of the 88th Font, and Margaret Mac'pherson, deelares it to be a forgery, or; piirt of it being in his hand writing.. Bring likewise shewn a , certificate of the same nature between Fitzgerald, ant)fcr sol dier of the 88th, and Sarah Urquhart dep on ' e s that it is also a forgery ; that he never granted these certificates, as it was contrary to the laws of the Church for him to grant certificates to per sons residing in Edinburgh. _ Aleiander Ross, jun. son of the last witness, shewn the certificates, declares they are forgeries, no part being his father's writing. Small Urquhart said, she was formerly a ser vant to Mr. Grant, of Rothiemurchus, but is now married to Edmond Fitzg erald, a soldier of the 88th; that in October last, on a SundAy, the witness, accompanied by Fitzgerald, 'Moonay, anti Margaret MacpbcfSon, called on Mr. .Itt bertson at his house; it was about eleven o'cloclt, but ,Mr. Robertson said, as he was going to church, they must call again,„at one, o'clock tint they did so accordingly; Robertson desired them to go down to Pearson's house in the Can 'Agate, t( enter by the back door, and h e would follow ; Pearson was in, and said-he would 'endeavour to make Mr. Robertson marry them. Mr. Robert stin came in a short time, and said he did not know what to do with those people, but Pearson said, that on a former occasion they had got ovtr this b'y getting the lines afterwards, and then signing them after marriage, which Robertson said he recollected ; that Robertson and Pear son retired into another room, and Pearson shortly returned and demanded 7s. 6d. for .each couple, but the men said they .bad not so much ; 'said they. would ;;et it after the marriage, bit Pearson replied that Robertson would not 40 it without money ; that the' witness and Mae pherson went for the money, and returned in a leer minutes ; that the money Was .. given too Fitzge raid, who gave.ss. to the parson, and Iss. for the lines ; that M. Macpherson called on the Tuesday or Wednesday at Mr. Robertson's for the -cert:fi votes, but he refused, except they were all pre -1 6". die two tal. r c itt„ 31 m ac. plier'sOn wrote to Perth, which Fit zgeraldanswer ed, awl desired them to get the certificates or re turn the money; that they shewed Mr. Robert son the letter, who desired them it, be easy, and to go down to Pearson's, and he would follow ; that they went to Pearson's, who said be was afraid the lines would not be got. Shortly after Mr. Robertson came, when he and Pearson went into another room, and in a short time Pearson came back, and desired them to call next day at four o'clock ; that they called dccordingly, when Pearson said he had got the lines after a good deal of trouble ; Pearson then desired them to . go co Mr. Robertson's house ; they went there, and Pear - son came immediately; Mr. Robertson took the lines out of a IraWer, wrote something on them, and - gave them to the witness and Mac pherson. (She identified the lines on being•sheWn them; they were the same which the former wit nesses swore were forged). That the parson read over the lines at Pearson's desire, and added, h© Was a f ra id th e re was something ,wrong . yet, as they had not got an (officer's certificate; but if any thing neenrred to tell him. 'Edmond Fitzgerald gave evidence in nearly si milar terms with the preced,ing witness, and fully corroborated her testimony.. That the wittiest paid twenty shillings to Robertson, after the mar riage, who took five shillings of it, and gave the rest to Pearson. Margiiret Macpherson, wife of 'John - Moonay; private in the 88th Foot, said sha was tnarrred ou Sunday, the 19th of October last, in Pearson's house, by Mr. Robertson. She gave an exactly similar account with the preceding witnesses.' John Moonay, private in the 88th regiment, corroborated the testimony of his wife' and tha other two witnesses. After some exculpatory evidence, Mr. Drum mond for the Crown, Mr. Maitland for Mr. Ro bertson, and Mr. Pringle for Pearson, severally , addressed the Jury. Lord GILLIES, who presided, summed up the whole in a very able manner, after which the Jury, without leaving the box, unanimously found Ho-, bertsonguilty. of clandestinely celebrating .the marriages libelled ; and both the prisoners guilty Of feloniously .using certificates of proclatuatiou of banns as genuine, knoWing them to be forged. The Court sentence() Mr. Robertson to impri sonment in the gaol of Canongate for three months, and thereafter to he banished from Scot land for life, agreeably to the statute. Pearson to three montbs.imprisonment, and 14 years ba nishment from Scotland. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.--About eight o!clock on ,Monday evening, as a fine boy eight years old, son to Mr. WHITEHEAD, of Grey-coat-place, West minster, was at play with some other children, when in the act of climbing up a cart-wheel; which was standing against a fence, it unfortunately fell upon hii head, and fractured iris skull to pieces. 1-1 e was immediately placed on a shutter, and carried to the hospital, but expiied before he reached it. THE EVELYN MANUSCRIPTS. April 1 will be published, handsomely printed in 2 vols. royal quarto, embellished with Portraits and other Engravings by the first Artists,_ from Original Drawings in the possession of the Evelyn Family, MEMOIRS .of JOHN EVELYN; Esq. the celebrated Author of the Sylva, &c. &c. printed from the original MS. in the Library at tVotton. Edited by W. BRAY, Esq. Fellow and Treasurer of the Society of Antiquaries, Author of the History of Surrey, &c. Printed for Henry Col burn, Public Library, Conduit-street. 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The whole alphabetically arranged ; and presenting, in a Practical Form, many Suggestions from recent Discoveries in Vegetable Phy siology ; and exhibiting the principles relative to the Culture of Fruit Trees, especially in the Renovation of several Dege nerated Sorts of Apple and Pear Trees.—With Tables of Plants corresponding with the Advancement of Botany up to the presr,nt period; and Tables for regulating the Tempera ture cf Hot Houses, &c. Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, London; W. Blackwood, Edinburgh; and J. Cumming, Dublin. • .THE QUESTION BETWEEN THE COTTON SPINNERS AN THEIR LABOURERS. TO TH E EDIT( )R. 111 ROBERT P EEL'S.BILL, now tinder the LY consideration of Parliament, which involves the grand question at issue between-the Owners of Cotton . Factories on one hand, and the Friends of Humanity on the other, touch- Ing - the extreme Measures, of Labour at present imposed On Children and others employed in thote Factories, is calculat ed to interest the feelings of every man whose heart is alive to the cause of truth and justice, and open to the tender claims of weakness and of youth. As one who is not insensible to any orthese impresSiont, and kelt b'-sides some regard for the reputation of the, town of Man c h e st er , I beg to offer a few re flections on this Most iurportaitt and interesting subject to the notice of- the candid and the humane. And that I may not lose sight of justice in remembering mercy, let mesfirs,t profess that, deeply as I deplore the evils of a system which seems to me to rival in wretchedness that of a Slave Plantation undrir the torrid zone, yet aan I far from imputing cruelty of disposition to the owners of Cotton Mills indiscriminately. That there are amongst them Gentlemen of enlarged minds and real benevolence, lam slispose&to be, lieve ; and it is the more lamentable to reflect, that the asso eiatiOns of habit and self-interest should have powers to warp • even the gentlest natures, and blind the most virtuous and 'honourable minds. It is on this prinCiple, no doubt, that we are to account for the line of conduct which, I understand, has Vreen adopted by the Proprietors of these Establishments, in sttenuonsly opposing the Bill now before the -House of Commons fur curtailing the present exorbitant hours of la hour ;. for surely, those are exorbitant 'hours, which oblige Children of even six, seven, and eight years, to foil in heated rooms for Fobrieen or Fifteen floors in a thy, and grudge the little labourers the fresh air of Heaven, and the noon tide re s t, enjoyed by the very benstt of burden. There is a written law, Sirs, that will not, I am sure, be denied by the Gentlemenln -question, which says, a good moo is merciful to his beast. How much rather, I would ask, will he be merciful to his Servants ? Put the case, their, that those Ser vants are Children: bow gentle and how just will be the good man's authority over the meekest and the gentlest of the Minim] race. 'Bust this is a strange world, and society teems with contradictions. There seems to Ire something in the na ture of a Cottons Mill, I know not whether it be steam,or bad air, or the scintillations of lucre amidst the precious flocks, that can work up into activity the worst parts of our nature, and deface tire best, so that the warp of human-kindness (to speak in the idiom of the trade) shall be come , as 'it were, lost in the weft of sordid gain, and the• mats be no longer re cognized in the manufacturer. Certain it is, be tire cause what it may, - that in those towering buildings, where art and science contend for ,pre-eminence, and illumination bursts from an hundred windows, whibli are the property, and under the controul of ,persons not wanting, in general, either in virtue or philanthrophy—in those splendid fabrics, I say, practices are resorted to, and miseries engendered, which ml l i quire only to be known to revolt the minds of all good and enlig,fitened men, and suffuse every christian eye with tears. Shall I disclose the .secrets of the prison-house ? Will it be credited by a British Public, that such are the ex treme measures of labour exacted in sonic of these Factories, that it is found necessary to have recourse in an everins„- , to ropes and straps, to rouse the little wearied victims, and force exhausted nature from sinking into sleep in the midst of its dreadful and inhuman task ? Can it he heard without emotion, by any man who knows the consequence of breath ing heated air, that the temperature in which these wretched children perform their Egyptian toil, is riot nnfrequently from 80 to 90 degrees ; that in general no time is appropriated - for breakfast, or even the afternoon's repast ; but that they must snatch a mouthful of refreshment as they can during the progress oftheir stated work ! Yea, to crown the whole, that it is actually a common practice in most of these esta blishments, during three-or four, and in .souse of them even five daysof the week, to employ the children, during the time that should be spent at dinner, in cleaning the machinery, and quickening those wheels which revolve fur nearly 15 hours a day ;—ton long, alas! for humanity ; too swift fur Mercy's claims! yet, not lop enough, it' seems, nor- sninc,-;”irtty swift to keep pace wit h thethe avaricious proveristries of man. Potts my reader-startle at such facts at these ? Seems it in credible to him that he should have been living for years in the neighbourhOod of such enormities, unconscious perhaps, of their existence ? Let not this too much amaze him. There are intelligible reasons to account fur the mystery, and were he near to my elbow, I would whisper them in his ear. Mean while, let rise request so much of his confidence as to rest fof the present in this solemn assurance, that 1 Lowe indisputable authority for the truth of my statements, and proofs within my reach, too many, God knopeth! and too affecting to leave even the shade of a doubt' as to the accuracy or the certain ty of these sad realities. It -may be stated generally, in part of such proofs, and those the must afflicting, that numbers, of the unhappy subjects of this oppressive servitude become, its consequence, deformed in their legs, knees, and ancles, and still greater numbers radically injured ere they reach maturity, and doomed to :waste what should be the best of their lives in lingering disorders which end in an untimely grave. It is with set ious . pain, Sirs, that I have sketcheitthe outline (for it is only an outline) of this melancholy picture, moved thereto by no selfish or party feeling—haring no connection with trade, and without a particle of jealousy , or to wards the Gentlemen who are owners of cotton-factories; some of whom merit and, possess much of my respect. Time facts and teflectians- which I now submit to you have no other design than the simple exposure and reprobation of a system . which I judge to. be barbarous, andtherefore unwarrantable —which I know to be the source of unnumbered sufferings to•the rising generation. and therefore feellt. a duty. at such a crisis to hold it up to the notice of the friends of humanity in this seat of commerce, distinguished as it has hitherto been . not more for its trade. than for its known phifinthropby. .Would it earn a fresh title to honourable fame, and raise for itself an imperishable monument of the purest praise ? An op portunity is riot wanting to augment its laurels. 'Mercy, with a weeping eye, invokes the man of benevolence at this mo ment to come forward and support her cause; and make a generous effort for her afflicted - children. The time is propi tious—the extremity a great one—the evils of time case, how sad ! And how treme,ndousl The cries of the sufferers from the houses of their bondage have reached the ear of the Bri-, tish Senate,. and found an honourable advocate in that high assembly. Honour and success attend hind Generations yet unborn shall sound hiS high encomium. The prayers of good men are with him : his own conscience yields an ap piattes that is better than a thousand tongues. What do I say ? Providence itself is engaged on the side of Mercy, and promises him blessings, glory, ;mud reward ! And can Man chester. behold the generous enterprise in apathy and in si leper ? Shall the , friends tit humanity bold their peace, and good men be thought, to view with indifference the Provi dential invocation ? It must not and it cannot be. Honour and Consistency are against the supposition : slostice, Cow- . passion, Patriotism, and Religion, enjoin, in high and per emptory terms, the opposite obligation. Manchester, March 12, 1318. ATTICUS.